Leon Ockenden

• Name — Leon Ockenden • Born — 16 August 1978 • Birthplace — Looe, Cornwall, England • Occupation — Actor • Children — 1 • Years Active — 2003–present

Ockenden left school at the age of 16 to become a baker. After working in hotel kitchens in Sweden and Germany for one year, he returned to Britain to work as a pastry chef at the Hilton Hotel on London's Park Lane. He studied performing arts at the College of Further Education in Plymouth. He then received a scholarship from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he took a three-year acting course and graduated in 2003. Ockenden appeared in the British/Australian drama television series Tripping Over, playing a carpenter named Callum. He lent his voice and likeness to the 2010 video game Heavy Rain, in which he played Federal Bureau of Investigation profiler Norman Jayden. Before the show was cancelled in 2015, he was a regular of the British drama television series Waterloo Road, in which he played the role of Hector Reid, a jocular and sometimes vitriolic teacher of PE. After Waterloo Road, Ockenden has had other roles as a recurring cast member. One of these roles includes the character of Will Chatterton in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street. He has also joined the presenting team on the chat show This Morning as one of its regular chefs for its cooking segment. He also appeared in a television advert for Verisure in 2021.

Ockenden married actress Vanessa Hehir on 24 October 2010. They have a daughter. Ockenden is a fan of Liverpool.

Key • Denotes works that have not yet been released

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — Judge John Deed — Nick — Episode: "Economic Imperative" • The — Pembleton — Television film • 2004 — Midsomer Murders — Jamie Cruickshank — Episode: "The Maid in Splendour" • Hawking — Rosencrantz — Television film • Hustle — Simon — Episode: "A Touch of Class" • Family Affairs — Sam Taylor — Series regular (May–December) • 2005 — Totally Frank — Miles — Episode: "Bed" • 2006 — Tripping Over — Callum — 6 episodes • 2007–2008 — Heartbeat — Dr Chris Oakley — 10 episodes • 2008 — Heroes and Villains — Earl of Leicester — Episode: "Richard the Lionheart" • 2009 — Casualty — Luke Riley — Episode: "Every Breath You Take" • 2010 — Secret Diary of a Call Girl — Connor — Episode No. 3.7 • Identity — DI Terry Eggleston — Episode: "Chelsea Girl" • An — Cameron — Television film • New Tricks — Kevin Humphreys — Episode: "Good Morning Lemmings" • 2011 — The — Bruce — Episode No. 1.4 • 2012 — Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story — Philip — Television film • Secrets of the Dead — Vasily Arkhipov — Episode: "The Man Who Saved the World" • 2013 — Casualty — Adam Ridle — Episode: "Punch Drunk Love" • Open Desert (film) — David — Television film • The Cosmonaut: Transmedia Experience — Stas — Main cast (31 episodes) • 2014 — Waterloo Road — Hector Reid — 20 episodes • 2015 — Mr Selfridge — Serge De Bolotoff — 10 episodes • Supreme Tweeter — Tweeter — Episode: "Follow the Leader" • The Coroner — Danny Ball — Episode: "That's the Way to Do It" • 2016 — This Morning — Guest Chef — 10 Episodes, stood in for Phil Vickery • 2016–2017 — Coronation Street — Will Chatterton — Recurring role; 40 episodes • 2022 — Father Brown — Richard Belcroft — Episode: "The Viper's Tongue" • Why Didn't They Ask Evans? — Alex Pritchard — Miniseries; 2 episodes • Whitstable Pearl — Scott — Episode: "The Gumshoe and the Femme Fatale" • 2023 — Ancient Empires — Philip II — Episode: "Alexander The Great" • 2024 — Senna — James Hunt

• Year — Title — Role • 2010 — Heavy Rain — Norman Jayden

• Year — Title — Artist — Role • 2005 — "Desire" — Geri Halliwell — Boss

• How the Other Half Loves (2017) • Flare Path (2015) • Muswell Hill (2012) • Plague Over England (2008) • Women Beware Women (2006) • The Tempest (2006)

Leon Ockenden is recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as actor, screenwriter and film director.